BIBDS OF KANSAS. 



B. — . R. 603. C. 709. G. — . U. 134. 



25. Anas fulvigula Ridgw. Florida Duck. Migratory; rare. Arrive about the 

 middle of March. I captured a female at Neosho Falls March 11, 1876, and have 

 since shot one, and observed two others in the State. The birds were entered in 

 first catalogue as A. Obscura. 



Subgenus CHAULELASMUS Bonaparte. 



B. 584. R. 604. C. 711. G. 284. U. 135. 



26. Anas strepera Linn. Gadwell. Summer resident; rare; in migration com- 

 mon. Arrive the middle of March to first of April. Begin laying the last of 

 May. Nesting habits the same as the Mallard. Eggs, a little smaller and paler. 



Subgenus MARECA Stephens. 



. B. 585. R. 607. C. 713. G. 286. U. 137. 

 2Y. Anas americana Gmel. Baldpate. Summer resident; very rare; in migra- 

 tion common. Arrive about the middle of March. I have never been so fortu- 

 nate as to find their nest, or see their eggs. They are said to build under a bush, 

 or bunch of grass, on high ground, often quite a distance from the water — a de- 

 pression in the ground, lined with leaves and down. Eggs, eight to twelve; aver- 

 age dimensions, 2.10x1.50; creamy white. In form elliptical. 



Subgenus NETTION Kaup. 



B. 579. R. 612. C. 715. G. 290. U. 139. 



28. Anas carolinensis Gmelin. Green-winged Teal. Winter sojourner; rare; 

 in migration abundant. Leave in April. 



Subgenus QUERQUEDULA Stephens. 



B. 581. R. 609. C. 716. G. 288. U. 140. 



29. Anas discors Linn. Blue-winged Teal. Summer resident; rare; in migra- 

 tion abundant. Arrive the last of March to middle of April. Begin laying the 

 last of May. Nest on the ground in coarse grass, reeds or rushes bordering the 

 prairie sloughs; composed of the same material, and lined with down. Eggs, 

 eight to twelve; 1.86x1.32; in form elliptical to oval. 



B. 582. R. 610. C. 717. G. 289. U. 141. 



30. Anas cyanoptera Vieill. Cinnamon Teal. Migratory; very rare in east- 

 ern, but not uncommon in middle and western Kansas. Arrive the middle to last 

 of April. June 3d, 1885, I found a pair on a pond in Meade county. From 

 their actions was led to think they had a nest near by; failing to find it, I shot 

 the female, and on dissection found several well-developed eggs in the ovary. I 

 cannot, upon this, safely enter the bird as a summer resident, but I am strong in 

 the belief that they do occasionally breed in the western part of the State. 



Genus SPATULA Boie. 



B. 583. R. 608. C. 718. G. 287. U. 142. 



31. Spatula clypeata (Linn.). Shoveller. Summer resident; rare; in migration 

 common. Arrive the middle of March to first of April. Begin laying the last 

 of May. Nest near the water, on the ground in a depression or place worked out 

 to fit the body, made of grass and lined with down. Eggs, six to ten; 2.12x1.50; 

 greenish white to pale drab; in form elliptical. 



